The internet of platforms: The success of IoT depends on them
So, it feels like we have been talking about the internet of things forever. And as someone that is a guilty party, I think it is only fair to share what I am seeing and what I believe will happen next.
When Kevin Ashton used the term “internet of things” back in the year 2000, he referenced a world where things would each have an address and be a member of the internet. Considering this started in the MIT RFID lab, today it’s easier to understand how he could have felt that way. Each RFID tag was a way to identify the asset, and when you think the internet was already blowing up, the notion that future identification could be embedded in “things” and they could have their own address to connect to the internet makes perfect sense. Read more…
